Illinois Supreme Court

The most-cited opinions of the Illinois Supreme Court on UpLaw — 4,122 decisions from 1839–2025, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

• People v. McBride 234 Ill. 146 · cited by 76
• Nevins v. City of Peoria 41 Ill. 502 · cited by 76
• Doyle v. Rhodes 77 Ill. Dec. 759 · cited by 76
• Wilson v. Mason 158 Ill. 304 · cited by 76
• People v. Caballero 126 Ill. 2d 248 · cited by 75
• People v. Bean 137 Ill. 2d 65 · cited by 75
• People v. McLaurin 235 Ill. 2d 478 · cited by 75
• People v. Gherna 203 Ill. 2d 165 · cited by 75
• People v. Greer 37 Ill. Dec. 313 · cited by 75
• People ex rel. Grinnell v. Hoffman 116 Ill. 587 · cited by 75
• People v. Dorsey 451 Ill. Dec. 258 · cited by 75
• Glisson v. City of Marion 188 Ill. 2d 211 · cited by 75
• People Ex Rel. Eitel v. Lindheimer 371 Ill. 367 · cited by 75
• People v. Hattery 94 Ill. Dec. 514 · cited by 75
• In re G.O. 191 Ill. 2d 37 · cited by 75
• People v. Reid 136 Ill. 2d 27 · cited by 75
• People v. Allen 2015 IL 113135 · cited by 75
• Holton v. Daly 106 Ill. 131 · cited by 75
• Belfield v. Coop 8 Ill. 2d 293 · cited by 75
• People v. Jones 213 Ill. 2d 498 · cited by 75
• People v. Vriner 24 Ill. Dec. 530 · cited by 75
• People v. M.W. 232 Ill. 2d 408 · cited by 75
• Eugene Dietzen Co. v. Industrial Board 279 Ill. 11 · cited by 75
• Renslow v. Mennonite Hospital 10 Ill. Dec. 484 · cited by 75
• Bazydlo v. Volant 164 Ill. 2d 207 · cited by 75
• People v. Evans 174 Ill. 2d 320 · cited by 74
• People v. White 2011 IL 109689 · cited by 74
• People v. Harris 122 Ill. Dec. 76 · cited by 74
• Anderson v. Vanden Dorpel 172 Ill. 2d 399 · cited by 74
• People v. Baynes 58 Ill. Dec. 819 · cited by 74
• Archer Daniels Midland Co. v. Barth 83 Ill. Dec. 332 · cited by 74
• Owners of Lands v. People ex rel. Stookey 113 Ill. 296 · cited by 74
• Healey v. Mutual Accident Ass'n of the Northwest 9 L.R.A. 371 · cited by 74
• Rowe v. State Bank of Lombard 125 Ill. 2d 203 · cited by 74
• Illinois Steel Co. v. Schymanowski 162 Ill. 447 · cited by 74
• Bright v. Dicke 166 Ill. 2d 204 · cited by 73
• Smith v. McDowell 22 L.R.A. 393 · cited by 73
• People v. W.C. 167 Ill. 2d 307 · cited by 73
• People v. Pasch 152 Ill. 2d 133 · cited by 73
• People v. Guest 166 Ill. 2d 381 · cited by 73
• Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Bodemer 139 Ill. 596 · cited by 73
• People v. Eyler 133 Ill. 2d 173 · cited by 73
• Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Hines 132 Ill. 161 · cited by 73
• People v. Jones 215 Ill. 2d 261 · cited by 72
• People v. Hobley 182 Ill. 2d 404 · cited by 72
• O'CONNELL v. St. Francis Hospital 97 Ill. Dec. 449 · cited by 72
• Harinek v. 161 North Clark Street Ltd. Partnership 181 Ill. 2d 335 · cited by 72
• Donahue v. County of Will 100 Ill. 94 · cited by 72
• Cates v. Cates 156 Ill. 2d 76 · cited by 72
• People v. Brown 236 Ill. 2d 175 · cited by 72
• Gibler v. City of Mattoon 167 Ill. 18 · cited by 72
• People v. Buss 187 Ill. 2d 144 · cited by 72
• People v. Hall 217 Ill. 2d 324 · cited by 72
• City of East St. Louis v. East St. Louis Gas Light & Coke Co. 98 Ill. 415 · cited by 72
• People v. Bush 214 Ill. 2d 318 · cited by 71
• In Re Adoption of Syck 138 Ill. 2d 255 · cited by 71
• People v. Delvillar 235 Ill. 2d 507 · cited by 71
• The People v. Novotny 41 Ill. 2d 401 · cited by 71
• People v. Lee 213 Ill. 2d 218 · cited by 71
• People v. Stewart 85 Ill. Dec. 241 · cited by 71
• Seith v. Commonwealth Electric Co. 241 Ill. 252 · cited by 71
• Hermitage Corp. v. Contractors Adjustment Co. 166 Ill. 2d 72 · cited by 71
• Nicor, Inc. v. Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services Ltd. 223 Ill. 2d 407 · cited by 71
• People v. Palmer 162 Ill. 2d 465 · cited by 71
• People v. Brownell 38 Ill. Dec. 757 · cited by 71
• Schulenburg v. Signatrol, Inc. 37 Ill. 2d 352 · cited by 71
• Ballweg v. City of Springfield 102 Ill. Dec. 360 · cited by 71
• People v. Mitchell 189 Ill. 2d 312 · cited by 71
• Solich v. George & Anna Portes Cancer Prevention Center of Chicago, Inc. 158 Ill. 2d 76 · cited by 71
• People v. Colon 225 Ill. 2d 125 · cited by 71
• Bruns v. City of Centralia 2014 IL 116998 · cited by 71
• People v. Coleman 168 Ill. 2d 509 · cited by 70
• People v. Veach 2017 IL 120649 · cited by 70
• People v. Steidl 142 Ill. 2d 204 · cited by 70
• People v. Gonzalez 204 Ill. 2d 220 · cited by 70
• People v. Clark 52 Ill. 2d 374 · cited by 70
• City of Chicago v. Union Building Ass'n 102 Ill. 379 · cited by 70
• People v. Akis 63 Ill. 2d 296 · cited by 70
• Rickey v. Chicago Transit Authority 75 Ill. Dec. 211 · cited by 70
• Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp. v. Protection Mutual Insurance 166 Ill. 2d 520 · cited by 70
• People v. Mitchell 152 Ill. 2d 274 · cited by 70
• Corral v. Mervis Industries, Inc. 217 Ill. 2d 144 · cited by 70
• People v. Thurow 203 Ill. 2d 352 · cited by 70
• Green v. Rogers 234 Ill. 2d 478 · cited by 70
• People v. Gersch 135 Ill. 2d 384 · cited by 69
• People v. Weaver 65 Ill. Dec. 944 · cited by 69
• People v. Owens 139 Ill. 2d 351 · cited by 69
• People v. Heard 187 Ill. 2d 36 · cited by 69
• People v. Gilliam 172 Ill. 2d 484 · cited by 69
• People v. Beaman 229 Ill. 2d 56 · cited by 69
• King v. First Capital Financial Services Corp. 215 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 69
• In Re Detention of Lieberman 201 Ill. 2d 300 · cited by 69
• Chicago & Erie Railroad v. Meech 163 Ill. 305 · cited by 69
• Corgan v. Muehling 143 Ill. 2d 296 · cited by 69
• Cirrincione v. Johnson 184 Ill. 2d 109 · cited by 69
• Nye v. Nye 411 Ill. 408 · cited by 69
• People v. Williams 181 Ill. 2d 297 · cited by 68
• Simmons v. Chicago & Tomah Railroad 110 Ill. 340 · cited by 68
• People v. Johnson 237 Ill. 2d 81 · cited by 68
• Neade v. Portes 193 Ill. 2d 433 · cited by 68
• Gage v. Lewis 68 Ill. 604 · cited by 68
• The People v. McCabe 49 Ill. 2d 338 · cited by 68
• Marsh v. Evangelical Covenant Church 138 Ill. 2d 458 · cited by 68
• Siebert v. People 143 Ill. 571 · cited by 68
• Housing Authority for La Salle County v. Young Men's Christian Ass'n 78 Ill. Dec. 125 · cited by 68
• People v. Molstad 77 Ill. Dec. 775 · cited by 68
• Secura Insurance v. Illinois Farmers Insurance 232 Ill. 2d 209 · cited by 68
• Sarah v. Read 102 Ill. 596 · cited by 68
• Carruthers v. B. C. Christopher & Co. 57 Ill. 2d 376 · cited by 68
• People v. Smith 2014 IL 115946 · cited by 68
• General Motors Corp. v. Pappas 242 Ill. 2d 163 · cited by 68
• Board of Highway Commissioners v. City of Bloomington 253 Ill. 164 · cited by 68
• People v. Rissley 206 Ill. 2d 403 · cited by 68
• People v. Lynch 83 Ill. Dec. 598 · cited by 68
• Dillon v. Evanston Hospital 199 Ill. 2d 483 · cited by 68
• Martin v. Stubbings 126 Ill. 387 · cited by 68
• People v. Caballes 221 Ill. 2d 282 · cited by 68
• Rhodes v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad 172 Ill. 2d 213 · cited by 68
• Kinkel v. Cingular Wireless, LLC 223 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 67
• Springer v. City of Chicago 12 L.R.A. 609 · cited by 67
• Gibson v. Leonard 17 L.R.A. 588 · cited by 67
• People v. Harvey 53 Ill. 2d 585 · cited by 67
• People v. Petrenko 237 Ill. 2d 490 · cited by 67
• Harris v. Manor Healthcare Corp. 95 Ill. Dec. 510 · cited by 67
• Wilson v. Board of Trustees 133 Ill. 443 · cited by 67
• Woodill v. Parke Davis & Co. 37 Ill. Dec. 304 · cited by 67
• Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Heerey 203 Ill. 492 · cited by 67
• County of Du Page v. Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, Inc. 92 Ill. Dec. 833 · cited by 67
• People v. Reed 177 Ill. 2d 389 · cited by 67
• People v. Baptist 27 Ill. Dec. 792 · cited by 67
• People v. Coats 104 N.E.3d 1102 · cited by 67
• Castaneda v. Illinois Human Rights Commission 132 Ill. 2d 304 · cited by 67
• People v. Barrow 133 Ill. 2d 226 · cited by 67
• People v. McCarty 223 Ill. 2d 109 · cited by 67
• People v. Miller 238 Ill. 2d 161 · cited by 67
• Parks v. Northwestern University 218 Ill. 381 · cited by 67
• Haudrich v. Howmedica, Inc. 169 Ill. 2d 525 · cited by 67
• People v. Childress 191 Ill. 2d 168 · cited by 67
• The People v. Poland 22 Ill. 2d 175 · cited by 67
• People v. Gilmore 63 Ill. 2d 23 · cited by 67
• People v. Morgan 197 Ill. 2d 404 · cited by 66
• People v. Adams 144 Ill. 2d 381 · cited by 66
• Abrams v. City of Chicago 211 Ill. 2d 251 · cited by 66
• Minnesota Lumber Co. v. Whitebreast Coal Co. 31 L.R.A. 529 · cited by 66
• Kujawinski v. Kujawinski 17 Ill. Dec. 801 · cited by 66
• People v. Nicholas 218 Ill. 2d 104 · cited by 66
• Wakulich v. Mraz 203 Ill. 2d 223 · cited by 66
• People v. Simpson 2015 IL 116512 · cited by 66
• Healy v. Vaupel 133 Ill. 2d 295 · cited by 66
• Lynch v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF COLLINSVILLE COMMUNITY UNIT DIST. 45 Ill. Dec. 96 · cited by 66
• Lovgren v. Citizens First National Bank 126 Ill. 2d 411 · cited by 66
• Ohio Building Safety Vault Co. v. Industrial Board 277 Ill. 96 · cited by 66
• People v. Chapman 194 Ill. 2d 186 · cited by 66
• Committee for Educational Rights v. Edgar 174 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 66
• Towns v. Yellow Cab Co. 22 Ill. Dec. 519 · cited by 66
• People v. Barbara H. 183 Ill. 2d 482 · cited by 66
• Gannon v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway Co. 22 Ill. 2d 305 · cited by 66
• Voyles v. Sandia Mortgage Corp. 196 Ill. 2d 288 · cited by 66
• Hayes v. O'Brien 23 L.R.A. 555 · cited by 66
• In Re Detention of Swope 213 Ill. 2d 210 · cited by 66
• People v. Berland 24 Ill. Dec. 508 · cited by 66
• The PEOPLE v. Slaughter 39 Ill. 2d 278 · cited by 65
• Reif v. Barrett 355 Ill. 104 · cited by 65
• Wagner v. City of Rock Island 21 L.R.A. 519 · cited by 65
• Illinois Central R. R. Co. v. Oswald 338 Ill. 270 · cited by 65
• People v. Williams 173 Ill. 2d 48 · cited by 65
• The People v. Watkins 19 Ill. 2d 11 · cited by 65
• People v. Ward 79 Ill. Dec. 142 · cited by 65
• People v. Griffin 178 Ill. 2d 65 · cited by 65
• People v. Foster 29 Ill. Dec. 449 · cited by 65
• People v. Ward 215 Ill. 2d 317 · cited by 65
• Ritter v. Ritter 381 Ill. 549 · cited by 65
• Virginia Surety Co. v. Northern Insurance 224 Ill. 2d 550 · cited by 65
• People v. Hale 2013 IL 113140 · cited by 65
• Razor v. Hyundai Motor America 222 Ill. 2d 75 · cited by 64
• Donaldson v. Central Illinois Public Service Co. 199 Ill. 2d 63 · cited by 64
• People ex rel. Akin v. Kipley 41 L.R.A. 775 · cited by 64
• People v. Szabo 68 Ill. Dec. 935 · cited by 64
• People v. Mosley 2015 IL 115872 · cited by 64
• Dean v. Walker 107 Ill. 540 · cited by 64
• Walters v. City of Ottawa 240 Ill. 259 · cited by 64
• People v. Bryant 128 Ill. 2d 448 · cited by 64
• Beahringer v. Page 204 Ill. 2d 363 · cited by 64
• People v. Coleman 166 Ill. 2d 247 · cited by 64
• People v. Redd 135 Ill. 2d 252 · cited by 64
• People v. Wear 229 Ill. 2d 545 · cited by 64
• Franklin Union No. 4 v. People 220 Ill. 355 · cited by 64
• People v. Williams 147 Ill. 2d 173 · cited by 64
• Deibert v. Bauer Bros. Const. Co., Inc. 141 Ill. 2d 430 · cited by 64
• Kravis v. Smith Marine, Inc. 60 Ill. 2d 141 · cited by 64
• Maksimovic v. Tsogalis 177 Ill. 2d 511 · cited by 64
• Finley v. Finley 43 Ill. Dec. 12 · cited by 64
• People v. Marshall 242 Ill. 2d 285 · cited by 64
• Coney v. J. L. G. Industries, Inc. 97 Ill. 2d 104 · cited by 64
• Lightcap v. Bradley 186 Ill. 510 · cited by 63
• People v. Ayres 2017 IL 120071 · cited by 63
• People v. Phelps 211 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 63
• In re D.L. 191 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 63
• La Salle National Bank v. City of Chicago 3 Ill. 2d 375 · cited by 63
• Ziemba v. Mierzwa 142 Ill. 2d 42 · cited by 63